David Sklansky has been active lately over at the 2+2 forums by trying to suggest new variations of Hold’em to keep the game interesting and fresh. His first thread talked about exposing non-used cards. This suggestion wasn’t met with support, because people just didn’t really see the point in it. Some people also felt that giving this much information took away from the action and would actually make the games more nitty, which is not something that anyone wants to do. Sklansky agreed with this and actually said that his idea wasn’t as great once he got more opinions on it.
He then came back with a second thread that had two new suggestions. The first of those suggestions wasn’t really met with a lot of support, but was interesting none the less. His suggestion was the blinds were only able to raise, and you could only limp if you were in early position. The second suggestion was more liked and got some support from Justin “zeejustin” Bonomo. It essentially was that you couldn’t be dealt AA or KK preflop. This would essentially make domination a lot less likely and it would allow people to play even more hands, kind of like Pot-Limit Omaha allows that, because equities just run a lot closer.
The thread has some other really unique suggestions and has some well-known players putting in some other suggestions and thoughts. It’s worth a read, and might give you an idea for your next home game.
